Ossetia
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Осе́тия (Osétija), from Georgian ოსეთი (oseti), from ოსი (osi, “Ossetian (person)”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈsɛt.i.ə/, /ɑˈsɛt.i.ə/, /ɑˈsi.ʃə/
- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈsɛtɪə/, /ɒˈsɛtɪə/, /ɒˈsi(ː)ʃə/
Proper noun
Ossetia
- An ethnolinguistic region on the border of Europe and Asia, located on both sides of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, largely inhabited by the Ossetians. The northern part of the region forms North Ossetia-Alania federal subject of Russia. The southern part is South Ossetia.
Derived terms
Translations
region in the Caucasus
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Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
From Russian Осе́тия (Osétija).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ossetia
- Ossetia (An ethnolinguistic region on the border of Europe and Asia, located on both sides of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, largely inhabited by the Ossetians)
Declension
| Inflection of Ossetia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Ossetia | — | |
| genitive | Ossetian | — | |
| partitive | Ossetiaa | — | |
| illative | Ossetiaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Ossetia | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Ossetia | — |
| gen. | Ossetian | ||
| genitive | Ossetian | — | |
| partitive | Ossetiaa | — | |
| inessive | Ossetiassa | — | |
| elative | Ossetiasta | — | |
| illative | Ossetiaan | — | |
| adessive | Ossetialla | — | |
| ablative | Ossetialta | — | |
| allative | Ossetialle | — | |
| essive | Ossetiana | — | |
| translative | Ossetiaksi | — | |
| abessive | Ossetiatta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds